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Airline Travel Tips for Wheelchair Users

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTHealth Management and Self AdvocacyProgressive Neurological ConditionsSeating and MobilityStroke
A practical, patient-ready guide therapists can use to help wheelchair users prepare for air travel with more confidence and fewer surprises. This handout supports meaningful conversations about safety, autonomy, and real-world planning before a flight.
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Therapy Activity
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BRAIN Strategy Board

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
Use this BRAIN strategy board during any cognitive task to help identify breakdowns in real time and introduce supports that make the task more manageable. Designed for therapists to use collaboratively in session, it builds a shared language around strategy use while helping patients discover what works for them.
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One-Handed Ponytail Tricks

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
AdultOTADLs/IADLsStroke
This resource includes practical, community-tested strategies to help clients regain independence in self-care and grooming after a loss of bilateral coordination. By offering a range of tips, it serves as a functional starting point for therapy sessions focused on adaptive ADL success.
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Basic Anatomy: Coup-contrecoup injury

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
A simple visual and explanation to help you show patients and families how a coup-contrecoup injury can affect the brain in two areas, not just where the head was hit. Use this resource to support clearer conversations about symptoms, build understanding, and reduce confusion during education moments in therapy.
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Therapy Activity
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What Drains Me vs. What Helps Me

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsBrain InjuryChronic PainMental HealthProgressive Neurological ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This reflective worksheet helps individuals identify patterns in what drains their energy and what supports their focus mood and participation throughout the day. Use it to guide conversations around fatigue, balance, self awareness, pacing, and meaningful routine changes in a flexible person-centered way.
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Therapy Activity
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The Calendar Pivot: Reworking a Calendar Based on Voicemails

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
This functional resource invites therapists and clients to work side-by-side to navigate the messy, realistic pivots of daily scheduling after a brain injury. Rather than a pass-fail test, it serves as a collaborative sandbox for identifying cognitive friction points and discovering the personalized strategies that help a client regain agency in their own life.
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Handout
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Anxiety: The Hidden Barrier to Recovery

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AdultOTSLPMental HealthStroke
This resource provides therapists in acute and inpatient rehabilitation settings with an evidence-based framework to address poststroke anxiety and depressive symptoms (P-SADS) as a physical barrier to neuroplasticity. Designed for collaborative patient and family education, it translates clinical research into person-centered strategies that connect emotional regulation directly to a survivor’s personal motivations and functional recovery goals.
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Therapy Activity
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Aphasia-Friendly Play for Ages 4–7

Print Resource — US Letter — 6 pages
AdultSLPAphasia
This aphasia-friendly card activity helps stroke survivors and young children connect through gestures, movement, play, and shared attention rather than relying on perfect speech. Therapists and family members can use the cards to support meaningful low-pressure interaction while modeling communication strategies for expressive and receptive aphasia.
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Handout
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Intelligence and Cognition: A Guide for Family and Friends

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
This resource provides a person-centered framework to help patients and families distinguish between stable intelligence and cognition following a neurological change. By framing therapy as a collaborative effort to bridge this gap, it empowers clinicians to address high-level goals while actively mitigating the risk of patient infantilization.
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A Guide to Responding to Confabulation

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AdultOTSLPDementia
This resource provides a practical framework for helping families move beyond fact-checking and toward emotional connection. It supports therapists in reframing confabulation as a neurological symptom rather than a behavioral issue.
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Signs of Self-Care in Kids With ADHD

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
This handout helps therapists reframe “challenging” behaviors in kids with ADHD as meaningful attempts at self-regulation within demanding environments. It offers simple, practical language and response strategies that therapists can use to guide parents, teachers, and caregivers toward more supportive, effective interactions.
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Therapy Activity
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Let’s Talk About Therapy: Collaborative Goal Planning for Kids (Age 8+)

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PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionFine MotorFluencyLanguage DevelopmentLiteracyPediatric Brain InjuryPediatric VoiceSensory
This guided activity helps therapists invite kids into honest conversations about their therapy experience, including what’s working, what’s not, and what they want more of. Use it to co-create goals that reflect the child’s preferences, not just the paperwork.
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Personalized Visual Map of Brain Injury Changes (For Kids)

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PediatricOTSLPPediatric Brain Injury
This child-friendly brain map helps you walk through how a brain injury may be affecting a child in a way that feels concrete, collaborative, and easy to understand. Use it to support shared insight, guide goal-setting, and help kids put words to what feels harder in their day-to-day life.
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Helping Kids Understand Their Body Cues Around Food

OTPrint ResourceSLP — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricFeeding and Swallowing
This two-page resource provides a visual and language-based tool to help kids understand and communicate body cues like hunger and fullness during mealtimes. It supports the development of interoceptive awareness while guiding adults to respond in ways that respect the child’s cues and build trust in their own body.
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Navigating the Big World of Sensitive Kids

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
A concise handout to help parents understand highly sensitive kids through the lens of regulation, sensory processing, and communication instead of just behavior alone. Use this resource to guide supportive conversations and offer simple, in-the-moment strategies that respect the child’s experience while building long-term skills.
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Stimming is Self-Regulation

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PediatricOTSLPAutismSensory
This resource provides therapists with a neurodiversity-affirming framework to help caregivers and educators shift from viewing stimming as a behavior to manage to a vital tool for sensory regulation. It serves as an essential psychoeducational handout to validate a client’s natural coping mechanisms while fostering more supportive, inclusive environments in schools and homes.
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Moving Forward: Navigating Neurogenic Bladder/Bowel Changes

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AdultOTBowel/Bladder
This resource is a dignity-first tool designed to help your clients move past the shame of neurogenic dysfunction by reframing accidents as neurological events and data points rather than personal failures. It shifts the clinical focus from mere symptom management to a collaborative, values-based approach that empowers clients to set goals centered on their own autonomy and lifestyle.
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Therapy Activity

Music Recovery: Reconnecting Musicians with Notes, Rhythm, and Play

Print Resource — US Letter — 15 pages
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStroke
Reconnect musicians with the language of music through large-print notes, rhythms, and simple melodies designed for brain injury rehabilitation. This activity helps therapists support visual scanning, cognitive recovery, and meaningful identity-based engagement through music.
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Handout

Tips and Tricks for Essential Tremors

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AdultOTNervous System Conditions
This handout helps therapists introduce practical, real-world strategies that can make everyday tasks easier for people living with tremor. Use it to support conversations about independence, reduce stigma, and explore small environmental or behavioral adjustments that may improve daily functioning.
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Voting From Home: A Guide for Voters with Disabilities (United States)

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AdultOTSLPAgingAphasiaBrain InjuryHealth Management and Self AdvocacyMotor Speech/Dysarthria/ApraxiaProgressive Neurological ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This handout helps your clients navigate the voting process and feel empowered to share their voices from home. It’s designed to turn a complex task into a clear, supportive roadmap, ensuring every member of our community can exercise their right to vote with confidence.
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